Vegetable Hotpot

[Earthling]

Vegetable Hotpot
Category: Main Dishes - Other

This recipe is suitable for a: vegetarian/vegan diet


Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 2


Ingredients:
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1 large potato
1 carrot
1 small onion
1/4 cup lentils
1/4 cup pearl barley
1 small can butterbeans

500ml vegetable stock


Instructions:
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1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Thinly slice the potato, carrot and onion.
3. In a 7 inch (16cm) baking dish, layer the ingredients. Start with potato, top with some carrots, onions, lentils, pearl barley and butterbeans. Create as many layers as you like.
4. Pour the vegetable stock over the ingredients.
5. Top with a layer of more thickly sliced potato.
6. Bake in the oven for about an hour, or until the stock has reduced to the desired consistency. The top layer of potato should be nice and crispy.

If you leave a lot of stock, it can be served with bread to mop up the liquid for a good rustic meal.


Additional comments:
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This is a vegetarian adaptation of the traditional English dish 'Lancashire Hotpot', which is made with lamb.

I usually like to leave mine until most of the liquid is gone, but today I was too hungry to wait so this is how it looked after an hour:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/gwalter2004/VB/hotpot1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/gwalter2004/VB/hotpot2.jpg

[sallyomally]

YUM! I'll just need to pick up some pearl barley and I'll be ready to make this for dinner.
It sounds very easy to put together. I love the different textures and layers of this recipe.The idea of mopping up some stock with a chunk of bread doesn't sound so bad either. Thanks for posting this.

[sallyomally]

This was very tasty. The only problem I encountered was that the lentils were not cooked through and were still crunchy. Maybe I should cook them a little beforehand when I make the next batch ( and there will be a next batch followed my many more). Great recipe!

[Earthling]

This was very tasty. The only problem I encountered was that the lentils were not cooked through and were still crunchy. Maybe I should cook them a little beforehand when I make the next batch ( and there will be a next batch followed my many more). Great recipe!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! What lentils did you use? Mine usually take 20 - 30 minutes to cook, but it does help if you can soak them for a few hours beforehand. I'm not usually organised enough to plan meals in advance. :D

[sallyomally]

I used the little brown lentils, and you'd think by now I'd have enough sense to know to soak them first:dunce: Still good though. Definitely a keeper.

[Adamthebassist]

Darn metric conversion!!!